1890-1920

They played with intensity
A rough and tumble lot.
Ruth introduced majesty
But the drinking did not stop.

Keeping up

Ty didn’t believe in hitting to the fences.
He missed the old days- low scores, tight defenses.

To show he could do it,
Ty hit homers for a couple of days,
Went back to old school ways.

His pride intact.
He proved to the world he was master of the bat.

Good pitching …

Home Run Baker hit one off Marquard, one off Matty.
McGraw took it hard.
Because homers’ weren’t common to the game,
These two earned Frank his name.
Giants thought they’d be boss.
As it turned out. They lost.